Are environmental tax policies beneficial?: Learning from programme evaluation studies

This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of environmentally related tax policies, but do not necessarily pr...

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Main Author: Teusch, Jonas (Author)
Other Authors: Braathen, Nils Axel (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2019
Series:OECD Environment Working Papers
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1787/218df62b-en
Summary:This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of environmentally related tax policies, but do not necessarily provide all the information needed to fully inform the policy-making process. This paper argues that cost-benefit analysis (CBA) could enrich ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies, given that CBA provides decision makers with a broader perspective of social costs and benefits and allows the identification of potential trade-offs among policy objectives
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (28 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/218df62b-en